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Originally Posted by wilconqr
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I saw that on Modern Marvels last night .... interesting show.
What the YouTube clip left out, was the next analysis that basically indicated that, while the concept was indeed advanced and far-thinking for the time, two main fallacies of the concept were:
A) The launching mechanism - even with the landbased rail launch, the craft could not carry a sufficient amount of fuel to obtain escape velocity.
B) Re-entry -no allowance was made for dissipating the incredible heat generated by re-entering the upper atmosphere at roughly 13,000 mph vis-a-vis the problematic Shuttle Tile system.
The History Channel show went on to say that, although Goring did set him up to pursue his research, it was because the Nazi hierarchy had believed him when he intentionally misled them into thinking that the technology was 'doable' in the forseeable future. The show went on to say that he was extremely fortunate to escape with his skin when Goring finally got clued into just how long it would realistcally take to develop the technology!
But it was an interesting show - as well as the following one, on 'Allied Secret Weapons of WWII"..... which is what reminded me of the above mentioned Bat Bombs.
-whatever
-Lou